Origen – Scripture is sealed; the analogy of rooms and keys

Origen – Scripture is sealed; the analogy of rooms and keys
From Commentary on the 1st Psalm as cited in The Philocalia of Origen
CHAP. II. — That the Divine Scripture is closed up and sealed. From the Commentary on the 1st Psalm.
1. The Divine words say that the Divine Scriptures have been closed up and sealed [...]

Gregory Nazianzen – Orations 39 & 40 (Intro)

Gregory Nazianzen – Editors Introduction to Orations 39 & 40
The Oration on the Holy Lights was preached on the Festival of the Epiphany 381, and was followed the next day by that on Baptism. In the Eastern Church this Festival is regarded as more particularly the commemoration of our Lord’s Baptism, and is [...]

Gregory Nazianzen – The Baptism of Christ – Oration 39

Gregory Nazianzen – The Baptism of Christ – Oration 39
Jesus rises from the waters; the world rises with him. The heavens like Paradise with its flaming sword, closed by Adam for himself and his descendants, are rent open. The Spirit comes to him as to an equal, bearing witness to his Godhead. A voice bears [...]

Gregory Nazianzen – God is Light – Oration 40

Gregory Nazianzen – God is Light – Oration 40
Preached at Constantinople Jan. 6, 381, being the day following the delivery of that on the Holy Lights.
V. God is Light:  [1 John 1:5] the highest, the unapproachable, the ineffable, That can neither be conceived in the mind nor uttered with the lips, [1 Timothy 6:16] [...]